Hostal el Pedron Banos

... do if you fall in and how to get someone else out if they fall in. I was kind of nervous after this, a little too much emphasis on being swept downriver I think.<br><br>We all jumped in the boat on dry land and practised synchronising our rowing. I got confused when we started going backwards and clattered into everyone like the bick dick I am. Doh! Oh well, into the water we go!<br><br>The sign before the bridge scared the s***t out of me with a section of the ...

... fact that it was almost impossible to avoid getting wet from the spray. Jody found an even better viewing point. There was another path that you could only ascend by getting on all fours and scramble through a rocky overhang, protected by wooden barriers, to a place that was actually behind the waterfall. Here there was absolutely no chance of not getting thoroughly soaked. The rain coats I had left with the buggy may have been useful at this point. It was a great ...

... spaghetti bolognese (mmmmegalekker) voor 5 dollar, etc... <br><br>Op woensdag hebben we ons gewaagd aan een half dagje rafting, dit was niveau 4. Het water was vrij wild en we zijn verschillende keren uitgedaagd door de natuur :-p. Langs de route zijn we gestopt om een massage te ontvangen van een soort natuurlijke jacuzzi, een straffe jacuzzi... Vanavond gaan we eerst nog een stapje zetten, happy hour vieren en voor 3 dollar 2 ca ...

... we were down a raft and a guide with a bunch of cold and unhappy passengers. Andres went to go get another raft, while the other guide, Machete, and I ferried the passengers across the river. Finally Andres returned with another boat and he and I navigated the two consecutive class five rapids together in a boat. Alittle ways down the river we found Josh with the other guide and raft, so we redivided the passengers between the rafts and finished up the ...

... led to uncontrollable venting in the final minutes, so our chappy got quite a surprise when he finally opened my hotbox. <br>An indirect but equally painful form of revenge I thought.<br>So like leaving a club in the morning, we ascend to the rooftop cafe, glad to see daylight but feeling quite surreal. We had breakfast surrounded by mountains, with a new appreciation for life, and a strange sense of achievement.....<br><br>

... really seemed to make an appearance. Alas. Still quite the once-in-a-lifetime experience.<br> The next morning, after a cold night on wooden planks, I woke up early with the roosters, and watched the cloudy mist covering the jungle gradually dissipate as Cesar cooked breakfast. After breakfast, we joined Cesar and a couple of the family members on a hike through the jungle, for the most part hiking upstream of a nearby river. After hiking for an hour and a half or so ...

29th August 2009<br>Hostal Santa Cruz, Banos, Ecuador (19<br>usd)<br>it's raining, I'm by the fire<br>yesterday &#8211; Tena &#8211; Banos (65 kms)<br><br>despite the beautiful views we had<br>yesterday, the ride wasn't great. We left Tena and the road was<br>fairly flat (good surface all the way) to Shell, the next town along.<br> From there we started going up and down, but it seemed to be more<br>down than up, we just knew we weren't gaining any altitude which can<br ...

... of how high they were, others were challenging because the water pressure falling on your legs made it difficult to keep footing. When we got to the last set of falls Franklin suggested we slide down. So we got strapped in and slid down it like a slide. It was crazy and so fun! On the way home we all decided to sit in the back of the truck, which seemed like a great idea at first, but then ...

Heut frueh bin ich dann wieder zum Busbahnhof in Riobamba gebracht worden und ich bin zwei Stunden nach Banos gefahren.<br><br>Banos liegt nun nur noch auf 1800 m und wird als das Tor zum Amazonas bezeichnet, da von hier die Route dorthin fuehrt.<br>Es<br>gibt ...